A hiking guide to the geology of the Wasatch mountains
Subtitle: a geological guide to the hiking trails in Mill Creek, Big Cottonwood, and Little Cottonwood Canyons
By: by William T. Parry.
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780874808391
Subjects: Geology -- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho); Geology, Stratigraphic.; Paleogeography -- Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho); Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho) -- Guidebooks.
Genres: Guidebooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Geology of the Wasatch mountains; title: Wasatch mountain rocks; title: Precambrian crystalline basement; title: Precambrian sedimentary rocks; title: Paleozoic rocks; title: Cambrian; title: Mississippian; title: Pennsylvanian; title: Permian; title: Triassic; title: Jurassic; title: Cretaceous; title: Tertiary; title: Mountain-building events; title: The Wasatch fault; title: Effects of glaciation in the Wasatch; title: Present-day topography; title: The trails; title: Creek Canyon; title: Church fork to Grandeur Peak; title: Grandeur Peak from the west; title: Salt Lake overlook; title: Thaynes Canyon; title: Porter fork trail; title: Pipeline trail; title: Bowman fork; title: Elbow fork trails; title: Elbow fork to Lambs canyon; title: Alexander basin; title: Big water; title: Little water; title: Upper mill creek canyon; title: Mount olympus; title: Neffs canyon; title: Big cottonwood canyon trails; title: B north fork; title: B south fork-lake blanche; title: Broads fork; title: Mineral fork; title: D south fork (cardiff fork); title: Days fork; title: Butler fork; title: Bear trap fork; title: Willow heights; title: Dog lake; title: Desolation lake; title: Silver fork; title: Snake creek pass; title: Brighton lakes trail-lake mary, lake catherine; title: Twin lakes; title: Solitude lake; title: Bells canyon; title: Little cottonwood canyon trails; title: White pine canyon; title: Red pine canyon; title: Catherine pass; title: Twin lakes pass from grizzly gulch; title: Cecret lake.